Bullet.



G. A. GROTE.'

BULLET. APPLIoA'rIoN Hmm PEB.24. 1914.

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" BY f ATTORNEY.

Patented 0012x1914' unirsi) srArEs PATENT orrios.

CONRAD A, GROTE, ors'r. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BULLET.

To all 'whom it mai; concern:

Be it known that I, CONRAD A. GROTE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Y St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bullets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n a bullet for shot-gun shells, and has for its object a bullet or slug constructed of a metal such as lead and the like. The bodyportion having a plurality of projecting ridges formed on the greater portion of its length, the fore part of the bullet being tapered and the said bullet is provided with a central hole or bore which hole is preferably arranged at a slight taper, the back being slightly larger in diameter than the front end.

A further object of my invention is to construct a`V bullet which vis to be placed in that portion of 'a shot-gun sheel which has ordinarily been used for the location of shot. The said bullet being in positionl between the wads supporting the powder and the thin wad located in the shell in front of the bullet and held in position by crimping the edge of the shell.

A further object of my invention is to provide a bullet having a central bore and projecting ridges or wings located on its outer perlphery; the fore part of the bullet being tapered and said bullet is designed to be used inconnection -with shot-gun shells,

' which bullet may be readily inserted in the shell in the place ordinarily occupied by the shot. The said bullet is sharpened and proportioned to protect the interior of thegun-barrel in which the shell is ex loded. The bullet is designed to freely t into the breech of a shot-gun and the wings or projections are so arranged and of suchmaterial as to be slightly compressed and give when the bullet is passing through the choke of the barrel. by this arrangement the bullet passes through the barrel on a direct straight line vand is prevented from turning or twisting, and the taperedfront end or nose of the bullet will strike the object and the movement of said bullet through the air is directed on a straight line instead of twisting.

Figure 1, is a vertical sectional view of my4 invention showing an ordinary shot-gun shell with my improved bullet in position.

.Fig 2, is a detail side view of the bullet.

Specification of Letters Jhatent.` Patented Oct, 27, 1914 Application mea February 24, 1914. sensi No. $29,443.

Fig. 3, a front end view of the same. Fig. 4, is a perspective view of the bullet.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 5 inv dicates an ordinary shot-gun shell, -6 the powder, 7 the wads which support the powder in position, 8 my improved bullet, 9

a wad located infront of the bullet, and 10 thel turned or crimped end of the shell.

l The bullet which is the essential feature of my invention consists of a body portion 11, constructed of a material such as lead or the like. The fore part being tapered as indicated by the numeral 12,.forming a point or nose, the said point terminating on a vertical line 13, which is approximately the width of the central bore 14. The bore 14, extends centrally through the body 11, the front end being smaller in diameter than the rear end 15. tapered opening is that when the bullet ystrikes the object acore naturally is' formed The object ofA this slightly in the bore and by means of having its rear end slightly larger permits the core to pass through the same uncongested and thereby prevents packing and also prevents retard.- ing of the passage of the bullet.

Theouter surface of the body 11 of the bullet is provided with a plurality of projecting ridges 16, which are preferably four in number and arranged integral with the body, the forward end of the ridges are pointed and tapered as indicated by the nu-A meral 17, forming a sharp cutting edge 18,

which assists in permittlng the bullet to enter the object with much less resistance than if -the front surface was blunt. These ridges or wings assist thebullet in passing through the air after discharge from the gun-barrel on a perfect direct line preventing a twisting movement and the opening in the bullet while passing through the air causes the air which passes through the central openin to act as a guide line.

By practicalr experiment and demonstration I have found the bullet to enter the object nose first, and the bullet when extracted was provided with a core of the material through-which it penetrated, and the hole through the object distinctly disclosed four grooves showing the passage of the four ridges or wings.

It has been found in somein'stances that the taperedv nose. portion of the bullet may be provided with a thin steel shell which is to be used in instances where a bullet of bore, the forwar 1 A l tion being tapered, a plurality rof ri ges` `this character might be adapted asa Aprojectile for cannon.

Having fullly described my invention'iwhat I claim is: l .l 1. A bulletfor shot-gun shells comprising a .hollow body vortion, v a central tapered d portion of said 'body orformed integral with the bod portion fexends o L an angle approximately on aline with the tapered end ofthe .body portion, substantially as. specified. l

longitudinally therewith, the front -tendin I'sad ridges being sharpened and .on

2.' A bullet :fori shot guns mprisingan elon ated' body portion; front*t inapere noseP a central tapered bore formed in the" body'its largest diameter being at the v base; four inte a1 -ribs formed on the peripheryl of the ody portion', the front ends being sharpened and terminatil on aline with the tapered. nose, substantie, yfas',y 'speci- 'Amann A. EIoxs, WALTER C. STEIN,

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